Police in western Germany have no idea how two men became entangled with a mannequin and a large, remote-controlled car.

Officers were called after cries were heard from an apartment in Mainz in the early hours of Saturday, where police found the 58-year-old tenant and his 61-year-old visitor "hopelessly locked together" with the toy car and the mannequin - which was dressed in a knight's costume.

Officers were able to free the men, who were too drunk to explain what had happened.

However, the younger man now faces a charge of insulting the officers who came to his rescue.

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